Gallery: A Photographic Journey Up Pico de Orizaba, Mexico's Tallest Mountain
01sunrise
Sunrise at the summit casts a conical shadow to the horizon. (*Image Credit: Joel Scheingross*)
02tlachichuca
Faded political advertisements adorn the street side walls of Tlachichuca. (*Image credit: Patrick Sanan*)
03ascension
Ascending the glacier at dawn. (*Image credit: Patrick Sanan*)
04summit
A monument of twisted metal watches over the summit of Pico Orizaba. (*Image credit: Patrick Sanan*)
05caldera
The edge of the caldera at Orizaba's summit. (*Image credit: Patrick Sanan*)
06volcano
Orizaba, like most of Mexico's tallest peaks, is a volcano. Its deep caldera indicates a violent past. (*Image credit: Patrick Sanan*)
07climbers-at-the-summit
Three climbers take in the views at the summit. (*Image credit: Patrick Sanan*)
08climbing-the-glacier
A climbing party ascends the Orizaba glacier. (*Image credit: Patrick Sanan*)
09shop-in-tlachichuca
A cobbler's shop in Tlachichuca, Mexico. This small town has become the staging ground for many ventures into Orizaba National Park. (*Image Credit: Jeffrey Marlow*)
10view-from-the-top
The view from Orizaba base camp, as clouds lap against the mountain range. (*Image Credit: Jeffrey Marlow*)
11labyrinth
Looking upward into the Labyrinth, a steep jumble of boulders below Orizaba's glacier-capped peak. (*Image Credit: Joel Scheingross*)
